Tiago Bianchi
Research expert covering internet & gaming in Latin America and Spain
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With a growing worry about human impact on the environment, internet technologies have become a potential solution to reduce the footprint of physical technologies. However, according to the source, which assessed the impact of the fabrication and usage of digital and internet technologies on energy depletion, greenhouse gas emissions, water and other resources, internet users accounted for 64 percent of the total energy consumption of digital technology in France in 2020. Furthermore, the users were also responsible for 91 percent of water consumption of digital technology production and usage. Networks accounted for 15 percent of the depletion of abiotic resources.
